Re: Altavista indexing password files

(monier@pa.dec.com)
Wed, 28 Feb 96 22:36:35 -0800


Alright, time for stories around the campfire.

The story is true. It was brought to our attention quite early on, and we ...
took action ... and contacted the appropriate people to warn them of the danger.

Right now we no longer index /etc/passwd, and in fact every time scooter comes
accross such a file, it logs an entry prefixed by "save my job".
I will eventually get to contacting all these poor souls.

--Louis